bombers a -- last week, stealth bombers flew missions over the peninsula. north korea cannot put warheads on their missiles but this could have a range of 400 kilometers. that puts u.s., japanese forces at threat in the region. >> our weapons are ready. our military readiness is already high. we are able to manage any possible crisis. >> it is the yarn dictator drive in the crisis. kim jong un is the third in his family dynasty to rule over north korea. the standoff enables him to look tough. he wants to be seen to be defending his people from american aggression. this defector escaped north korea and now lives in the

south. he says the north calculates their moves carefully. >> they have done all they can with a verbal threats. now they are cornered into putting those threats into action but i don't believe they will do that because north korea is afraid of war. it would mean the collapse of the leadership. like aregime would resolution to the korean war fought between the north and u.s.-backed south 60 years ago. the war ended with a cease-fire, not a peace treaty. the bellicose propaganda, its warnings that south korea and america face destruction are trying to force the u.s. to sign a formal peace deal and guarantee the north will not be attacked. this city sits close to the border. the few here is that kim jong

and does not want to provoke a conflict with america. -- kim jong un does not want to provoke a conflict with america. ago, i a brief time discussed the latest developments with a north korean specialist at harvard kennedy school. how much of a threat is this missile they have moved? >> this is a missile that is still in a developmental phase. what we're seeing are the north koreans trying to improve on that technology. the east coast is an area where they have conducted many tests. this is an effort to increase the range and payload which is an important aspect as they try to been a tries a warhead. >> the rhetoric could hardly be much more alarming but in south korea they don't seem too unnerved. why is that? >> south korea has lived in the

shadow of the threat since the end of the korean war. korea hashat south grown accustomed to focusing on economic development and enjoying prosperity, the threats are background noise. what is different are the north korean cyber attacks. that gets the attention of your average citizen. these missile tests are background noise that this point. >> what is to stop sign at from cutting off supplies and punishment? >> this is a big headache but there is a part that we don't get to see which is the evolving relationship between the highest levels of the communist party of china and the north korean workers' party. this is the opposite see to rebuild the relationship after china decided to normalize relationships with south korea in 1992. one manifestation of this is the

growing trade between china and north korea. last year, the trade was about $6 billion. >> is north korea just bluffing? >> that is one way to look at it. this is an effort for the new leader to write his own chapter. this is something that his father kept very close to in terms of making sure that he knew the conditions under which his adversaries flinched. that was the way that he was able to structure crises and ratchet up tensions. now he is trying to ratchet up tensions. >> will we have many years of this kind of brinksmanship? >> i would not draw the attention to the north korean economy, but rather to the structure of state trading companies affiliated with the elite in korea. if they continue trying to get revenue from different sources, we will have this continuation

of very dysfunctional state structure but really 1% of the population controlling the regime. overall, north korea, especially the workers' party, it is dependent on relationships with chinese partners. >> thank you for joining us. today, tensions in the west bank ran high as thousands turned out to attend the funeral of a palestinian prisoner who died from cancer in an israeli prison. two teenagers were buried after being shot by israeli forces on wednesday. offor the thousands palestinians who attended his funeral, he is another murder. he was 64 years old when he died in an israeli prison. palestinians say he was not given beach treatment that he

needed. he was jailed for plotting to carry at a bomb attack in jerusalem in 2002. he was buried in his hometown. the issue of prisoners is important for the palestinians. there are more than four and a half thousand held in israeli jails and nearly every family has a relative who at some time has been in an israeli jail. elsewhere, there were more funerals. for two teenagers who were shot dead on wednesday night in clashes with the army. israel says that they had attacked a military checkpoint. for several months, there have been sporadic flareups in violence. the issue of palestinian prisoners often the source. there were more clashes today. some have warned of a third

palestinian intifada, but most palestinians say there's little appetite for that. all of this comes weeks after president obama visited the region to tell people here that he still believes in peace between israelis and palestinians. john kerry will be back here over the weekend. at the moment, the talk of peace is talk but little else. a century, burma was isolated from the rest of the world. run by a military dictatorship with an iron grip. after the release of opposition leader aung san suu kyi in 2010, there were signs of change. at the same time, -- simmering tensions have increased. violence between buddhist and muslims have left dozens dead in recent weeks.

the muslim quarter, scavenger's search for anything left of value. the families that live here are gone. the committee dated back many generations has been wiped out. what began as a row escalated with frightening speed. people had been enraged by the news that a nun had been murdered. we went to the shock wears started. the police arrived, but there was not enough of them, he said. the crowd got too big for them to control. then, the killing began. 20 boys from a muslim school were cut down and burned on the spot. >> they were shouting, they killed armonk, yesterday. we must kill them. monk y killed our

yesterday. >> how do you feel about that? >> i feel disgusted and ashamed. >> their rage at seemed to come out of nowhere but it did not. fear and resentment of muslims has been simmering for many years fueled by while that ugly rumors. now that the list of military rule has been lifted off, it is out in the open and it is spreading. some of the most inflammatory speeches have been made by this monk. he wants buddhists to fight back against muslim abuses. he agreed to meet me in his monastery. he said the muslim population is growing too fast and the very existence of buddhism is threatened. he offered this chilly allegory to illustrate his view. >> when you leave a seat from a

tree, it seems so small. you know you must cut it out before it grows and destroys the building. >> here in the main market, the supporters are urging a boycott of muslim businesses. they have given out stickers identifying which stores are run by buddhists. the muslims doors are left deserted. >> we wanted to stop people from muslims. if they make money from us, they could use against us. >> these believes are alarmingly widespread. they have driven the muslims into squalid, tightly-guarded camps. the police keep them apart from their buddhist neighbors. for the army, which is supposed to be less visible, they are on the streets again. it is a big step back for a country that has been trying to move on.

change in burma brings trouble. south african president jacob zuma says that nelson mandela has been visited in the hospital and is showing up proven -- and showing improvement. he went to the hospital with a lung infection. facebook released their brand new software. it will put it feeds on the social network on the homepage of the phone. higherk shares edged following a demonstration of the product. in france, the government is coming under increasing pressure to reveal who knew what about the tax-evading activities of the budget minister. this week, he said he had hidden hundreds of thousands of euros in offshore accounts. the scandal is threatening to engulf francois hollande

government. enforcer, a former budget minister, confessed he had taken hundreds of thousands of euros from the taxman and he lied about it. what did his ministers know? it is a scandal that threatens the french government just 10 months into office. he repeatedly denied allegations that he stashed an undeclared fortune and the bank. he later moved it to singapore to an account that holds 600,000 euros. the man who was chasing rich told parliament that i have never had an account abroad. the president said he asked his minister twice about these allegations and insists that he was given a denial. >> i learned of the confession.

tricked the highest authorities in the country. it is a grave and unforgivable error. it is an outrage to the public. >> the opposition are turning the knife. they believe the president and .is finance minister >> what did we notice? a president of the republic that knew nothing, which is serious. in march, the french unemployment rose 4 22nd consecutive month. they will miss their 2012-2013 targets. the president's approval ratings have slipped below 25%.

in, he might need one. >> you are watching "bbc world news america." could this be hung to way -- this be home to a fracking operation? previously unreleased footage has been released of the killer of monolithic came in police custody. the film shows him being marched into a jail cell. footage, a law enforcement officers stance over the accused and read him his rights. >> you have the right to remain silent.

you have a right to have a lawyer. >> it is july, 1968. james o. ray has been extradited back to the u.s. after fleeing to london. he is made to wear a bulletproof vest. officials were concerned someone might try to kill their suspect. later, he is seen being strip searched. they deliberately found all aspects of the process. they wanted no loopholes. its place.egacy has >> martin luther king already had his place in american history by the time he was shot dead in his memphis hotel room exactly 45 years ago. nowadays, the many commemorations of his legacy includes this monument in washington, d.c.

released this week is another marker. we see potential jurors identifying themselves. earl ray pleaded guilty and died in prison. amazingly, this footage was forgotten. it was found and restored. a reminder of the american past. >> now to fracking. we showed you the controversy of the process of extracting natural gas in the u.s.. tonight, we focus on china which has twice the u.s. reserves of shale. despite the promise, the technology is less developed and more complex, and local communities will have no say.

>> it might seem unlikely that this is china's new energy frontier. below these fields and houses lies a vast potential supply of gas. provincege in eastern is one of many that might find the old rhythms of life back to change dramatically because the country's economic planners are .icking their lips we have all heard the rumor that there is oil underground, this woman tells me. people tell me that we will have to move out. the shale gas reserves are estimated to be bigger than the u.s. and canada's combined. while america to decades to get up to its current production rate, china hopes to go from nothing to 6 billion, then 100

billion cubic meters in less than a decade. why the hurry? well, the reliance on coal is choking their towns and cities. america's shale gas boom has certainly changed its energy balance. there is also a vigorous debate over concerns that franking and the drilling process might cause environmental harm. there is no public debate in china. shale gas extraction has been made a priority and to the plan. people living in villages like this one that finds itself in have very of 26 areas little idea of the potential benefits for the costs. america's shale deposits lie about 2,000 meters below the surface. in china, the gas might be more

difficult to extract because it lies deeper. fragging needs high volumes of water to pump into the wells. a challenge for a country that has serious shortages. this country said can produce fuel fast remains in doubt. clear is whether this is a resourced worth the cost for a harvest to be left alone. it has taken a decade and cost nearly $500 million. finally, the russian museum in amsterdam is ready to reopen its doors. starting next week, pages can take in their splendor in a building which resembles a fairy

tale castle. we have a sneak preview. >> from the outside, amsterdam's famous museum looks much as it did as it opened in 1885. inside, things have changed. leads 2 state of the art galleries filled with over 8000 objects. we've reinvented the entire despair. -- the entire display. you walk through a passage of time. if we try to structure our own history, you take chronology. chronology is a fantastic way of ordering your memories.

thene highlight is restatement of the hand-painted walls and pillars of the museum. another is the return of the rembrandt masterpiece, "the night watch." the museum will be officially reopened next week. at once again, it will become a national source of pride. there have been moments when it was close to becoming a national embarrassment. similar projects in britain, the dutch institution was closed for five years longer than planned. it costs a great deal more than originally envisaged. then, there was a problem with water. >> we found a beautiful new spaces below the building but

below the building, you dig into water. we have to make this very complex engineering work and it took a lot of time and money to make it perfect. it should be perfect because works of art are below sea level. >> it has been a long, expensive, controversial project. its future will be to we take its place among the most respected cultural places in the world. >> take me to amsterdam. that brings today's show to a close but you can watch for constant updates around the world. check your local listings for the channel number. you can reach all of us on twitter. thank you for watching, have a good evening.

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